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On Monday, NASA released<\/a> the first science images from its new Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, or IXPE. A look at the Cassiopeia A supernova \u2014 the bright remnants of a star that exploded in space in the 17th century \u2014 the image provides a first glimpse of what the space agency\u2019s new X-ray mission will teach us about some of the most extreme events in the cosmos, <\/strong>like supernova explosions and cosmic collisions.<\/p>\n

Launched in early December<\/a>, IXPE is NASA\u2019s first mission dedicated to studying X-ray polarization, or X-ray light whose vibrations are all aligned in a single direction. The explorer builds on the work of the Chandra X-ray Observatory by using polarization to help explain exactly where the X-ray light produced from space events comes from.<\/p>\n

The first image presented by NASA shows X-ray emissions of various intensities IXPE mapped across the supernova in mid-January. Researchers will study the data to create a first-of-its-kind X-ray polarization map of Cassiopeia A, which will provide insights into X-ray production at Cassiopeia A.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIXPE\u2019s future polarization images should unveil the mechanisms at the heart of this famous cosmic accelerator,\u201d Roger Romani, an IXPE co-investigator, said in a press release. \u201cTo fill in some of those details, we\u2019ve developed a way to make IXPE\u2019s measurements even more precise using machine learning techniques. We\u2019re looking forward to what we\u2019ll find as we analyze all the data.\u201d<\/p>\n

A second image shows the Cassiopeia A supernova in bright magenta and blue. The image uses combined data collected from both the IXPE (the magenta region) and the Chandra X-ray Observatory (the blue regions). Chandra\u2019s data, collected shortly after that telescope first launched in 1999, revealed evidence of an object like a black hole or neutron star at the center of the supernova remnant. <\/p>\n

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Cassiopeia A is the first of about 40 objects<\/a> NASA says it will study during IXPE\u2019s first year. In addition to exploring supernovae, the mission could answer questions about objects like black holes, including how they spin and whether the black hole that sits in the center of our Milky Way once fed on surrounding material. Since space events can\u2019t be recreated in a lab, IXPE can be a tool to answering key questions, small and large, about the physics of extreme environments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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